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<br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />B. School Optimization Plan <br />The completed Plan will provide guidance for potential CHCCS and OCS factors influencing <br />efficient capacity utilization of facilities. The development of the Optimization Plan should be <br />comprehensive and address the most important utilization issues currently facing CHCCS and OCS <br />in a fiscally responsible and efficient manner. CHCCS and OCS expects the Consultant’s <br />optimization plan(s) to integrate facility capital improvements, in a manner that improves existing <br />utilization, while at the same time optimizes capital improvement funding required to address <br />future needs and space capacity. <br /> When synthesizing utilization optimization with facility condition assessments, the Consultant <br />may consider: <br />1) Current and projected enrollment versus school capacities <br />a. Over utilization of temporary capacity (mobile units) <br />b. Over or under utilization of built capacity (brick and mortar buildings) <br />c. Is the core space (kitchen, dining, food service lines) sufficient to support <br />enrollment <br />2) Alternative uses for the building <br />3) Repurpose schools as administrative facilities, or specialty schools <br />4) Educational Adequacy <br />a. Consolidation and or reorganization to support new instructional programs and <br />or class sizes <br />5) Spaces that are inadequate, or non-conforming to CHCCS, OCS, Orange County, and <br />NCDPI baseline standards for the intended instructional program, and or other guidelines, <br />standards and statutes (including Title IX deficiencies) <br />6) Current facility condition <br />7) Operation of facility as currently utilized is cost prohibitive <br />8) Physical constraints of the site renders potential growth impractical <br />9) Capital improvement costs can be offset or mitigated by instructional and or operational <br />program changes <br />10) CHCCS and OCS will assist the Consultant in obtaining the following to the greatest extent <br />feasible: <br />a. School capacity, use, and utilization data <br />Identifying the rate of reinvestment required to maintain components of facilities as they <br />degrade and become unusable is critical to the long-range planning and funding. The Consultant <br />shall analyze and model the rates of degradation of each facility, and report on the required <br />reinvestment rate on an annual basis to replace components as such components become <br />inoperable. Elements of the analysis will include: <br /> <br />1) Identification of the approximate replacement cost of each building and <br />building component. <br />2) Rates of standard degradation of each component and the cost to <br />replace/ refurbish that component. <br />3) Current condition of each building component. <br />4) The ability to analyze multi-year outlooks and various combinations of <br />building type reinvestment rates and multi-phasing of large-scale capital <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: F3ECCCC4-11C5-4B8B-A148-28FAABFF6334